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JimJ77 Best in the World! said 03/02, 04:02 PM
Gluck Dave.

I say yes.

So, here's my thing. The President of the UFC, Dana White, has stated that Edgar deserves a rematch. I'm not saying this reasoning is the be all, end all of the discussion at hand, but its a factor.

Other factors to consider. Precedent. Penn lost the 1st fight to Edgar, and got an immediate rematch. Maynard had a draw against Edgar, and got an immediate rematch. Both of those fights were close fights, and many felt a rematch would help end the debate. In fact both ended the debate as Edgar dominated each guy in the rematch fight.

I thought Edgar won the fight vs Henderson. Many other fans, Dana White, Sherdog, Bloody Elbow, and many fighters thought Edgar won.

Because of the controversial nature of the fight, I think there should be a rematch and end the debate.

The other question I have is, who do you feel is a better fight for Henderson. Pettis? Thats a rematch. Guida? Coming off a loss. Diaz? Has a fight with Miller first.

IMO, I believe the winner of the Miller-Diaz fight should fight Pettis for the #1 contender match while Henderson and Edgar square off 1 more time.

This scenario makes the most sense for the UFC at this point.

JimJ77 Best in the World! said 03/03, 11:49 AM
My point is there aren't a ton of guys that deserve a shot. In fact there are only 4 guys that do. Miller, Diaz, Pettis, and Edgar.

The problem? Diaz and Miller are tied up fighting one another, and Pettis is coming off two wins, but two wins over guys not even ranked in the top 10.

My solution is to have the winner of Miller-Diaz fight Pettis for the #1 contender match while Edgar fights Henderson again.

Logistically this makes sense for the LW division. It seems you'd rather have anyone else fight for the title, whether its deserving or not because you feel the belt has been tied up for many years? This confuses me because in the last 23 months we have had 3 different LW champs now. So in fact the belt has not been tied up but changing hands.

I'm not going to get into the what if game. I can't concern myself with what if Edgar-Henderson rematch is another close fight. Hell, what if Henderson fights Pettis and thats another close fight like their first fight? Will you be crying about a rematch at that point?

I'd really like to know what your solution is instead of just complaining about a rematch. Because it makes the most sense at this current point.

JimJ77 Best in the World! said 03/04, 02:50 PM
The Miller-Diaz fight is not until May. Assuming both fighters come out of the fight healthy, we're looking at the earliest, an August fight for the winner and Henderson. Why hold the belt hostage for 7-9 months when there's no need to? That's tiresome.

Edgar broke his nose, but those typically heal up in a couple of weeks. No big deal. Get Edgar and Henderson to rematch in June or even July. Currently there is no main event for UFC 149. Make Edgar-Henderson II and problem solved.

Another issue I have is Jim Miller is a 2.5 to 1 favorite over Diaz, so there is a sold chance we could have Miller fight Henderson using your proposal. Again, that's another rematch fight, and in the 1st fight, Henderson absolutely mauled Miller.

Hey, if you like to see one sided beatdown then that's fine with me, I would rather see another high paced, competitive fight. And Edgar-Henderson was just that. HIGHLY competitive.

If Edgar loses the rematch at least we'll know if the move down to 145 is necessary. At this point, its just a guessing game as to if he should or not. Lets find out for sure. Make the Edgar-Henderson fight, and all questions will be answered at that point.

Good TD.